MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC

hazardous_liquid Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorMARATHON PIPE LINE LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates40.03164, -82.47044

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

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Incident Narrative

ON 3/18/19, AN OPS TECH NOTICED GASOLINE ODOR AND FROSTING ON THE BOTTOM SAMPLE TAP OF TANK 233. IMPACTED AREA OF TANK DIKE GRAVEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 SQUARE FEET AND RELEASE VOLUME HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE 1 BARREL OF GASOLINE. OF THE RELEASE VOLUME, 0.12 BARRELS OF PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED WITH 0.88 BARRELS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO EVAPORATION. REMOVED QUICK CONNECT AND INSTALLED PLUG UNTIL MECHANICS COULD REPLACE FITTING AND BEGAN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS WITH LOCAL OPERATIONS AND CONTRACT VAC TRUCK. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN INCORRECT TYPE OF SWAGELOK QUICK CONNECT WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED, WHICH DID NOT HAVE THE SELF SEALING CAPABILITY. 5/6/19- FINAL SUBMITTED WITH NO CHANGES

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